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chiefly. Wagnerian program Saturday night and Yesterday afternoen in the Murat, With Regina Resnik, soprano, and Set Svanholm, tenor, both of the Metropolitan, as sdloists, Dr. Sevitzky and the orchestra presented familiar concert-ar-ranged sequences from “Tristan” and “Parsifal.” Wagner continues

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sonance to another still seems to impress listeners.

purely literary devices as the tiresome “leitmotiv,” for “Tristan” music is much the

And once the Wagnerian orchestration loses its initial impact, what's left is some of the most tedious, “langweilig” and boring music in Western literature. { Ruinous Demands {| The demands Wagner made of {his singers—ruinous equally to voices and to popular taste for |good singing—do not contribute lady aesthetic value to the music. {Miss Resnik, who has a voice of jrematiable beauty in some ranges and tones, was obliged {to do sonfe screaming almost, if

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department, especially in the Kungry and Parsifal duet. Mr. Svanholm, who sang some|what dryly and with an air of {resignation, seemed to exemplify {the Wagnerian tenor's fate. He has power and command of pitch

gave his voice little chance to sound good.

Not mentioned on the printed program was Jane Johnston, Indianapolis soprano, who sat In the woodwind section to Brangaene’s Warning in the

who had to negotiate some terrific phrases, deserves to be heard again with the Symphony. Orchestra Excellent Dr. Sevilzky’'s orchestra again

their assignment. Brasses and woodwinds; including the horn section and Miss Patricia Rheinhardt, English horn, who had important work offstage, were all splendid. The week-end programs concluded with Rimsky-Korsakov's “Russian Easter” Overture. Next Friday and Saturday will bring the orchestra's final concert pair &f the subscription series, with Schumann's “Manfred” the major work scheduled.

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PENSIVE—Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire in a thoughtful moment of "Gentleman's Agreement,” award-winning film opening Wednesday at the In‘diana. The cast also includes: John Garfield, Celeste Holm and Ann Revere,

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